Eyelet-tape.



- G. H. 'WIOKEQ EYELET TAPE. AYPLIOATION III-B1; MABJO, 1911.

1,000 ,765. Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

' INVENTOR ATTORNEYS GEORGE WIGKE, OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

EYELET-TAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

Application filedliarch 10, 1911. Serial No. 613,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WIOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, borough of Queens, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Eyelet-Tape, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to a doubled tape provided at its bend with a plurality of spaced eyeletswhich are formed during the weaving operation. The tape is of superior strength and may be readily attached to garments when its eyes will constitutethe female members of buttons, books, or similar fasteners.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a length of tape embodying my invention; Fig. 2 an enlarged cross section on line 2-2, Fig. 1, and 3 a similar cross section on line 33,

The tape is composed of a lower strip 10, made of a' single thickness of woven material, and an upper strip 11 of like construction, said strips being united at" intervals along the outer edges by a sectional or interrupted selvage 14 of double thickness. The consecutive selvage sections are united with each other by loops 16 that are formed of a single thickness of material. Between loops 16 and the outer ed es of strips 10, 11 there are thus formed sits or eyelets 15, adapted to be engaged by buttons, hooks or similar fasteners. Opposite the loops, the strips-10,'-11 are interwoven with each other as illustrated in Fig. 3. It will be seen "that by the construction described,.the"strilp are connected between the eyelets up to t e front edge 12 of the selvage, while the rear edges 13 of the strips are entirely disconnected from each other.

In weaving the tape, a first weft thread 17 goes to form the entire top strip 11 and also those portions 18 of the bottom strip 10, which are opposite eyelets 15. A second weft thread 19 goesto form the im erforate portions 20 of bottom strip 10 an also the entire loops 16, both threads 17, 19 going into the selvage 14, intermediate the eyelets. 1 In applying the tape to an article of apparel, it is folded over one of the edges thereof and is sewed down, when the eyelets will protrude-from such edge ready to be engaged by hooks, buttonsor similar fasteners. If preferred however, the doubled tape may be sewed to one side of the garment only.

I claim:

- An eyelet tape composed of a lower strip formed of a single thickness of woven material, an upper Woven strip of like construction, a reinforced sectional selvage uniting the strips at intervals along the outer edges, and a pluralit of loops of a single thickness that unite t e selvage sections and form izilurality of spaced eyelets along the outer gee of the strips.

GEORGE H. WICKE.

Witnesses: FRANK v. Bnmsmz, Kernnnm Koon. 

